Where Do Monsters Come From?

South Knox Bubba has posted some thoughts and asked this question after searching for and finding two webpages created by Aaron Lee Skeen, thanks to Say Uncle.

According to this article SK Bubba linked;

Skeen, 20, is accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering University of Tennessee student Sandy Jeffers, 25, last week.

I read Skeen's words and think at least the beginning of an answer is there. He was beaten 'black and bleeding' by his father and felt 'less than' virtually everyone else in the world. He'd contemplated suicide many times. Did he suffer mental illness that went untreated, were these feelings a reaction to his father's treatment and lack of support in his life, did his father's abuse push an already ill child into a worsened state? The details have yet to be revealed.

But I imagine his father told him to take things like a man. I think when Say Uncle disagrees there's any insight to be gained from reading Skeen's words and describes them as nothing more than 'he hated his life in that artsy gothic sort of way' he's doing the same.

That's where monsters come from. Corners where hurting kids are made to go and pretend to be invisible.